Naperville police said a car found in Lake Osborne during a training exercise Thursday is connected to a missing person cold case from 2003 out of Berwyn.

1975: The Illinois Supreme Court voided a new death penalty law, saying the legislature lacked constitutional authority to create the three-judge sentencing panels.

1938: Chicago Cubs manager-catcher Gabby Hartnett’s two-out, two-strike, last-of-the-ninth home run — known as the “homer in ...

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Naperville firefighters conducting a training exercise located a missing man's vehicle on Thursday, authorities said.

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Illinois Democrats are drawing a red line against President Donald Trump's law-and-order push, rejecting his proposals to deploy the National Guard to Chicago despite the Windy City's police ...

Chicago Democrat Raymond Lopez tore into his own party for turning a blind eye to crime, accusing leaders like Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson of whitewashing the issue while standing in ...

Salt trucks, routinely used in Chicago winters to combat ice on roadways, were not deployed this weekend to deter ICE, the city said, despite claims made on social media videos. Chicago has been ...

President Trump snapped at a reporter Sunday for scornfully asking if he intended to go to war with crime-ridden Chicago after he posted a meme Saturday warning that the Windy City will learn about ...

"Operation Midway Blitz" is part of a 30-day ICE surge in the Chicago area. Federal agents descended on Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood on Tuesday as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ...